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Wastage and facilitation of corruption
Why has the disastrous state of accounting for the spending of billions of dollars of public funds been allowed to continue, notwithstanding the decades-long calls by successive auditors general for...
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Maduro facing protests in T&T
Members of the Muslim community as well as T&T-based Venezuelan activists will stage demonstrations at the Diplomatic Centre this morning “welcoming” Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro with...
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The Child Bride—Dularie’s story
Ria Rambally and Rosemarie Sant As the debate rages on over laws on child marriage, there is scepticism from an elderly woman who was married at the age of nine, before there were even any marriage...
View ArticleMan surrenders after chopping uncle to death
Remorseful after hacking his wife’s 65-year-old uncle to death, a Rio Claro gardener walked away from the murder scene to go home and say goodbye to his five children.“This is the last time you all...
View ArticleRowley: Killers ‘among us’
A lot of money is being spent on on National Security now since there are unidentified murderers walking around “among us,” Prime Minister Keith Rowley has said.Rowley made the point in addressing...
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Warner: Companies must stick to social pledges
Despite the recession, the corporate community needs to continue helping society’s vulnerable said Gervase Warner, Group CEO of the Massy Group. According to their July to December 2015 Newsletter,...
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Bomb survivor gets spiritual healing
It’s been 11 years since Yvonne McIvor’s leg was blown off in an explosion in downtown Port-of-Spain and she said she has never asked why it happened to her. “I didn’t ask why it happened to me. I have...
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Big jump in cost of Caroni fuel plant
Rosemarie Sant Nine years after the official start of the Liquid Fuels Pipeline project, the facility located at Frederick Settlement, Caroni, is said to be only “92 per cent complete” and the...
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Education ministry to move into new home
The education ministry’s new head office on St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain will be handed over to the ministry by Udecott today, according to Education Minister Anthony Garcia. The 16-floor building...
View ArticleSix years jail for hammer attack
A Princes Town man who struck his former boss on the head several times with a hammer and robbed him of $1,500 has been sentenced to six years hard labour. Vinay Sharma, 30, begged for forgiveness when...
View ArticleCourtroom etiquette
Courtrooms are almost always filled with passion, emotions and drama. Litigation can be a stressful process and often complainants or defendants find it difficult to cope with attending court. Factors...
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Venezuela to buy US50m in goods
Oil-rich Venezuela, which is faced with a severe food crisis, will soon bring relief to its citizens by purchasing US$50 million in goods from T&T.Confirmation came yesterday from Venezuela...
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Mom seeks answers as baby boy found dead at daycare
It was just another day for Lisa Ramjattan, 26, and her common-law husband, Kristian Aziz, as they went to a daycare centre in Barrackpore to pick up their two-month-old baby, Kristiano, yesterday...
View ArticleSt Charles RC Church robbed of $20,000
Will a man rob God? Some believe that the non-payment of tithes is the equivalent of this but for one man being sought by the police, robbing a church of $20,000 comes in very close.According to police...
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Dillon to start talks Monday
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon will travel to Venezuela next Monday to discuss the detention of five of T&T’s citizens who were arrested on suspicion of terrorism charges.This was one of...
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Taxi driver ‘Lucky’ killed outside home
While the visit of Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro took centre stage yesterday, murderers continued to take lives, leaving four men dead and another nursing gunshot wounds in South and east...
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Latest murder shocks ‘quiet’ Duncan Street
Residents of east Port-of-Spain said the sound of gunshots startled them early yesterday morning shortly before they found the body of a 24-year-old man.According to Duncan Street residents, the area...
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Nearly 400 burn tyres to protest bad roads
Angry residents of Vega de Oropouche staged another protest yesterday, taking their demonstration closer to Sangre Grande in an effort to get the relevant authorities to immediately address road...
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Police block protesters’ view
Peaceful demonstrations yesterday by Venezuelans and local Muslims waiting to see Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro near the Diplomatic Centre, in St Ann’s, turned frantic when police blocked Maduro...
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Govt urged to amend law to help domestics
An urgent call has been made for the Government to amend the Industrial Relations Act to ensure domestic workers are fairly treated under the law.Making the call was Ida Le Blanc, general secretary of...
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